but Chloe is still there (albeit hidden) when Rachel arrives. Later, Ross is unable to stop the "trail" of gossip leading from Chloe to Rachel, and the latter learns of their tryst, leading to their breakup. Pete Becker Pete Becker (Jon Favreau): a computer software genius and multi-millionaire, Pete is introduced when he tips Monica $20,000 at the Moondance diner in "The One with the Hypnosis Tape", which she assumes is a joke. He asks her out for a pizza, and takes her to Rome. Monica worries about the fact that she is not attracted to him and cannot figure out why. When Pete offers her a job in his restaurant, she turns him down, not wanting to hurt his feelings, but a goodbye kiss from Pete finally awakens her feelings. Monica thinks he is going to propose in "The One with Ross's Thing"; instead, he tells her he wants to become an Ultimate Fighting Champion. He gets badly beaten by Tank Abbott, and every other fighter he encounters, and Monica reluctantly ends their relationship after he refuses to quit despite his increasingly debilitating injuries. The character of Pete was conceived as "a Bill Gates billionaire genius scientist-type" to whom Monica was not attracted. The producers and casting director had difficulty finding an actor to play Pete as they wanted, "someone who was appealing enough that we liked him, so we could root for him, but on the other hand, wasn't so drop-dead male model gorgeous that we would go, 'What's your problem?' to Monica when she didn't fall for him." Kate Miller Kate Miller (Dina Meyer): Joey's co-star in the play Boxing Day. Joey falls for her, and she sleeps with him, but she is already dating the director, Marshall Townend, and sees Joey as a one-night stand. The director dumps her when the play performs poorly with critics, and she gets together with Joey in "The One with the Screamer". Joey is distraught when she leaves for a soap opera role in Los Angeles. In the season 9 episode "The One in Barbados (1)", Joey and Rachel, in hopes of getting into the pharmaceutical convention, use fake IDs; Rachel uses the pseudonym "Kate Miller". Marshall Townend Marshall Townend (Reg Rogers): the overly dramatic, self-absorbed director of Boxing Day, who is dating Kate. He and everyone else involved in making the play (apart from Lauren) make fun of Joey